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Healthcare employers in Anchorage, AK, look beyond test scores when hiring entry-level employees. The demand for new hires with interpersonal and soft skills is on the rise. Employer partners of the Cook Inlet Tribal Council Health Profession Opportunity Grants (CITC HPOG) program in Alaska stated a clear need for entry-level employees to demonstrate such skills. Initiative and a strong work ethic are highly sought-after traits, yet they are often hard to find in the incoming local healthcare workforce.

New online courses plus enhanced learning opportunities equals increased participant enthusiasm and training completion.

By making strategic changes and additions to its healthcare training program, GoodCare is paving the way to greater student satisfaction and employment.

The 2015 Compendium of Promising Practices captures innovative practices that grantees identified as key to their success in serving TANF and other low-income individuals. The practices are indexed by grantee, state, community, type of organization, and job-driven practice component. The HPOG program is a demonstration project designed to build and share knowledge. This compilation of promising practices is intended to support dissemination of insights and lessons learned to diverse stakeholders. A comprehensive evaluation of HPOG is also underway and will provide more information on program implementation, systems change, outcomes, and impact. The goal of the evaluation is to expand the evidence base for improving outcomes for TANF recipients and other low-income individuals.

The HPOG program has incorporated innovative practices since its inception.

The 2012 Compendium of Promising Practices captures some of the unique or innovative practices that grantees have identified as strategies that are important to their programs.

The 2013 Compendium of Promising Practices captures some of the unique or innovative practices that grantees have identified as strategies that are important to their programs.